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CHANNEL 4 CALLS IN SECURITY EXPERTS AFTER CATHY NEWMAN BECOMES TARGET OF 'VICIOUS MISOGYNISTIC ABUSE'
But Ben de Pear, editor of Channel 4 News, said the level of nastiness and threat to Newman in the wake of the debate has been unacceptable ... READ MORE›
TRANS WOMEN SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR ALL-WOMEN SHORTLISTS, SAYS LABOUR MP
Labour should consider allowing transgender women to be included on all-women shortlists, the party's shadow equalities minister, Dawn Butler, has said... READ MORE›
ICELAND BECOMES THE FIRST COUNTRY TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO PAY MEN MORE THAN WOMEN
Iceland becomes the first country to make it illegal to pay men more than women... READ MORE›
SHORTAGE OF MALE HEIRS LEADS MANY JAPANESE FAMILIES TO ADOPT ADULT MEN
Also how strict egg donation laws here in France are causing long waiting lists and even longer queues for black women... READ MORE›
PRIDE AND JUBILATION WORLDWIDE AS AUSTRALIA BACKS SAME-SEX MARRIAGEA
Australia backs same-sex marriage in historic postal survey... READ MORE›
CHINA URGED TO STOP USING ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY TO "CONVERT" LGBT PEOPLE
Human Rights Watch called on China to take immediate steps to stop medical facilities from offering conversion therapy... READ MORE›
STALLED IN CONGRESS LGBT RIGHTS ADVANCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
Its seven-member city council voted unanimously on Oct. 17 to extend nondiscrimination protections to LGBT people... READ MORE›
TRANSGENDER WOMAN WINS VIRGINIA HOUSE SEAT, MAKING HISTORY
AP -- A transgender candidate defeated an incumbent Virginia lawmaker who sponsored a bill that would have restricted which bathrooms she could use... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Mayor Muriel Bowser
LET TRANS PEOPLE SELF-IDENTIFY THEIR GENDER, CORBYN URGES MAY
Bring forward a bill to update the act and improve trans rights and Labour will back you... READ MORE›
MALTA OUTLAWS CONVERSION THERAPY A FIRST IN EUROPE
Any psychiatric treatment that sets out to change sexual orientation or gender identity is not only wrongheaded, but harmful, he said... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW GAY MEN TO GIVE BLOOD THREE MONTHS AFTER SEX
Transgender people will also be able to choose their legal sex more easily as part of the shake-up announced by the education secretary, Justine Greening... READ MORE›
ISTANBUL LGBT MARCH BANNED OVER 'SECURITY CONCERNS'
Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week has been organised since 1993, ending with a march on Istiklal Street since 2003, according to the organisers... READ MORE›
'WHAT IS NEXT?' SENATOR GICHUHI LAYS OUT HER OPPOSITION TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
How would it have played out for him now? Senator Gichuhi said pressure on the government to redefine marriage was not necessarily the majority view... READ MORE›
CANADIAN MILITARY TWEETS WELCOME AS TRUMP BANS TRANSGENDER PERSONNEL
We welcome Cdns of all sexual orientations and gender identities... READ MORE›
OBAMA SUPPORTS ALTERING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT TO INCLUDE LGBT DISCRIMINATION
President Obama's support elevates to greater prominence the question of whether lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans need greater legal safeguards... READ MORE›
GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WELCOME NHS QUESTIONING OF PATIENTS OVER SEXUALITY
Gay rights campaigners have backed an NHS policy demanding that doctors and nurses start asking all patients from the age of 16 about their sexual orientation... READ MORE›
DETENTIONS AS POLICE BREAK UP ISTANBUL PRIDE PARADE
The Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week has been organised since 1993, ending with a march on Istiklal Street since 2003, according to its organisers... READ MORE›
THE SATURDAY PROFILE SEX EXPERTS SECRET IS OUT AND CHINAS OPEN TO IT
To the surprise of Professor Li and members of China's almost invisible transgender population, the reaction has been overwhelmingly sympathetic... READ MORE›
PRIDE IN LONDON MARKS 50 YEARS SINCE DECRIMINALISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY
The annual Pride festival will take place in London on Saturday, marking a half century since homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY PLANS TO LET PEOPLE CHANGE GENDER WITHOUT MEDICAL CHECKS
The Gender Recognition Act does not allow trans people to self-identify their gender and forces them to undergo invasive medical tests... READ MORE›
MAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING EX-GIRLFRIEND BECAUSE SHE WAS TRANSGENDER IN LANDMARK CASE
The 29-year-old is the first person to be convicted under federal hate crime laws for targeting someone for being transgender... READ MORE›
A GAY SILICON VALLEY BILLIONAIRE JUST MADE GOP HISTORY AT THE RNC
Thiel became the first openly gay speaker at a Republican convention since then-Rep... READ MORE›
LGBT GROUPS DENOUNCE 'DANGEROUS' AI THAT USES YOUR FACE TO GUESS SEXUALITY
Kosinski and his co-author Yilun Wang acknowledged these limitations in the paper, claiming that they could not find sufficient numbers of non-white gay people... READ MORE›
'NOBODY IS BORN GAY' PROCLAIMS US 'GAY CURE' GROUP'S BILLBOARD
Nobody is born gay proclaims us gay cure group's billboard... READ MORE›
TRANSGENDER MURDERS IN US HAVE NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE LAST YEAR, ACTIVISTS SAY
Twenty-two transgender and gender non-conforming people have been killed so far in 2015, signaling what some advocates call a uniquely dangerous moment... READ MORE›
A PILE OF S*** HAS BEEN DUMPED OUTSIDE UKIP'S OFFICE
HIV-positive activists have dumped half a ton of manure outside a Ukip office on World Aids Day, saying what goes around comes around... READ MORE›
CALLS GROW FOR SUICIDE TRANSGENDER TEEN'S PARENTS TO BE PROSECUTED
Leelah Alcorn Transgender teenager's parents 'should be prosecuted', says gay rights activist... READ MORE›
LGBT SENIORS MARKED FOR REMOVAL FROM SURVEY ON ELDER CARE SERVICES
Senator Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington, said she was deeply troubled by the administration's plan to stop collecting information on LGBT individuals in the survey... READ MORE›
GAY PEOPLE CAN HAVE STRAIGHT RELATIONSHIPS, ABETZ SAYS
In a subsequent statement, Mr Abetz scrutinised media reporting of his comments made on Sky News... READ MORE›
FRENCH LGBT GROUPS ARE CELEBRATING AN HISTORIC COURT VICTORY OVER TWITTER USERS WHO SENT HOMOPHOBIC TWEETS
LGBT rights groups in France regularly report homophobic hashtags, which Twitter then removes from trending topics to make them less visible... READ MORE›
DOES A NEW RULING OFFER FRESH HOPE FOR LGBT RIGHTS IN LEBANON?
BBC Pop Up is the BBC's mobile bureau, we do documentaries based on your suggestions... READ MORE›
IN ADDITION TO DAVIS, POPE MET WITH GAY COUPLE IN WASHINGTON
Grassi, who has been in a same-sex relationship for 19 years, brought his partner and several friends to the Vatican Embassy in Washington for a brief visit... READ MORE›
PRINCE WILLIAM APPEARS ON COVER OF BRITISH GAY MAGAZINE
Prince William meets LGBT representatives at Kensington Palace in May... READ MORE›
PROTESTERS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO HELP END LGBT PERSECUTION IN EGYPT
Amnesty international says at least 57 egyptians were arrested because of their sexual orientation... READ MORE›
SEXUALITY TODAY: HOW WE EMBARKED ON A NEW AGE OF FREEDOM AND TOLERANCE
In North Carolina, governor Pat McCrory infamously signed a bill banning transgender people from bathrooms that don't match the sex they were assigned at birth... READ MORE›
GENDER REASSIGNMENT COULD BE STREAMLINED UNDER PROPOSAL
Proposals to streamline the process of changing gender have been unveiled by the government, as part of an attempt to boost equality for the LGBT community... READ MORE›
'BLATANT ATTEMPT BY RUSSIA TO INTIMIDATE THOSE STANDING UP FOR GAY PEOPLE,' ACTIVISM GROUP SAYS
LGBT activist Igor Yasin said five people were detained Thursday morning outside the Prosecutor General's Office in Moscow... READ MORE›
'WE CAN AND SHOULD DO MORE'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in Montreal federal legislation about to be tabled, which will guarantee legal and human rights protection to transgender people across Canada... READ MORE›